The South Coast by the numbers
Just done a spreadsheet crunching the numbers from various apps – it makes interesting reading, particularly to an orthopaedic surgeon.
Monthly Archive: November 2018
Plymouth! Hoe!
Saturday 17 November, 2018 My last day on the Southern Coast (as the bit I’ve done is called) was long but increasingly enjoyable as the murk of the last few days dissipated and the...
Pooped in Portwrinkle
Friday 16 November, 2018 Today was neither here not there. It was neither too long or too hard, and had the sun been shining, I would have wandered along quite happily. The sea mist...
Forefathers, Fowey and Fog
Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 November, 2018 Yes, I’m addicted to alliteration. Sold on series of syllables. Casting my lot with the consonants. It’s the cheats’ way to create a title, loved and abused...
The China Clay Coast
Tuesday 13 November, 2018 Tomorrow will be a day of milestones: 21 days since Paula went home 14 days on the path 17 days in Cornwall I started a spreadsheet to calculate the distances...
The roller coaster coast
Monday, 12 November 2018 It’s been a day of contrasts, from leaving the very comfie Lugger Hotel at Portloe (even the English breakfast was a bit posh, with only ONE egg), to the spartan...
Armistice Day
Sunday 11 November, 2018 It’s quite incredible that it’s a whole century since the end of the War to End All Wars. It wasn’t, and the ensuing century has been remarkable for violence on...
Playing tourist on Day 10
Saturday 10 November, 2019 I was worried about today being a complete wipeout, because the ferry across the Helford doesn’t run from November to March and that put nine miles on the stage –...
Dodging the storm
Friday 9 November, 2018 Thursday was an easy day, walking just over 10 km between Coverack and Porthallow, but the path was steep and the forecast was for rain. I took every precaution, so...
A day at a time
Wednesday 7 November, 2018 This is the seventh day of walking on paths which have been a bit of stretch, and I’m definitely feeling it. Carrying 11 kg over those headlands is starting to...